Commenting on Ofsted's final thematic
report on T-Levels and the T-Level Transition Programme,
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General
Secretary of the NEU,
said:
"This review of T-Levels contains
serious criticisms of most aspects of the T-Level programmes, and
confirms what NEU members, the #ProtectStudentChoice campaign
group and most key stakeholders have been saying all
along.
"Ofsted concludes that not enough has
been done to ensure T-Level courses are fit for purpose. We agree
with its warning that the Department for Education must take
stock of the consequences to students of withdrawing funds from
other tried and tested, valuable courses such as BTECs and
Cambridge Nationals.
"Government was repeatedly warned that
there were key flaws in the T-Level roll-out, not least the lack
of suitable industry placements. These warnings were ignored. The
result has been students feeling misled and lacking suitable
qualifications to progress to work or further study - and that is
unacceptable.
"Everyone in the sector wants
high-quality technical and vocational courses for students.
This report shows clearly what the union has said from the
beginning, that T-Levels have not met that aspiration and cannot
do so in isolation. The DfE needs to have a serious re-think and
immediately reverse the proposed de-funding of courses like BTECs
and Cambridge Nationals."
ENDS
Editor’s
Note
The report is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-thematic-review-final-report/t-level-thematic-review-final-report
